Recent Happinesses

“I need a volunteer who knows how to use the scale and is willing to share his weight with the audience.” –Aaron, for Sunday morning object lesson

“I was told that this was a women’s retreat and I was the kind of person they were retreating from.” –Uncle Tim, remarking on how he was encouraged not to loiter and talk with the ladies during their retreat

“You know you live in a place where winter is long when one of your children asks, “Daddy, why does that tree have green things on it?” –Brandon A.

“I didn’t expect my canoe ride to take on motor boat speeds.” –Ben Hol., reporting on how he made himself a human sail on his canoe

“I’ve enjoyed getting to know him the past couple of years—well, his whole life, really.” –Brandon A., on his son Jonathon

“He inherited his father’s attention to detail and his mother’s passion.” –Brandon A., telling about Jonathon’s negative response when his father asked for two siblings to pray for him and three prayed instead

“I think they should make a law that people who are too tired to get out of bed shouldn’t get out of bed because it might be damaging to them and to everyone else.” –Kate S.

“Truth does not need a majority to prevail.” –Dave Hol., quoting an unnamed talk radio show host

“We shouldn’t be sending our 18-year-old and up men to war; we should be sending our 15- and 16-year-old girls to war—they’re so mean and nasty.” –Erin L., after observing the drama at a high school prom

Brandon thanking God for His protection from the items in the freezer they cleaned out on one of their service days

Bobby giving Aaron’s testimony in Friday morning meeting

Looking for garnet with Michael

Looking at birds’ eggs with Gabriel

Teasing Jayne about her Perspectives grader giving her cookies

“I’m in my cockpit of puzzle.” –W, trying to convince me to pick up a puzzle piece he had dropped on the floor for him

“Kendra, what you think is funny and what I think is funny are two different things.” –E

“I’m 1/8 German, 3/8 Welsh, and 1/2 regular.”—W

C starting to sing “I like citrus fruit. It has Vitamin C in large amounts.” to get fellow residents to stop arguing about whether God created rapists

The smell of lilacs on the night air